Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-06

| lett, the owner Of considerable property
at Homestead end regarded as man OF
Veracity, stated tonight that Owens had
confessed he hst thrown bomb. During
the visit of Mrs. Parsons TO Pittsburg
about 8 year ago Owens quit work and
remained with her till she Left the city.
Owens trunk and contents will be turn d
over to the coroner.
AN APPEAL TO THE MINISTER'S.
NEW YORK, Nov .5.-The Tribune SAYS @
Joint committee of the Central LABOR
Union and District Assembly No. 40,
knights CT labor, have sent to every min
lister in this city an arpssi in which thev
say: "We appeal to you to deal with
she csse Of the Chicago anarchists from
gc0r pulpit or by private letter to the
Governor CT Illinois or to the press or to
this committee"
The committee have also sent IN sp-
peal Tor money 20 defray the expenses of
delegates 10 Illinois where an spp al is TO
be made to Governor Oglesby. The de.
Tense fund Mss reached $1,000 The an
srchiets here say tnat the newspapers sre
responsible FOR the decision Of the court
and every newspaper editor and reporter
demned men has been marked oue for
vengeance by the friends CT the anarchists.
APRIEsT's oPINIocI.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-Fhe following
! letter sent Oy Rev. Father Huntington TO
District Assembly 40, Knights of LABOR,
and Central Union is self explanatory:
70 Join: Committee OF District Assembly 40
and Central Labor UniOn
Your request TO me to go to Spring.
field and make personal petition TO
Governor Oglesby for q reprieve from
death for the seven condemned men in
Chicago has only just reached me, ST.
though published in tue papers yesterday
morning. My office as priest. ulfits me
10 Get IS your representative, although
sr1 member Of District Assembly 40,
and / feel that merely per-
eonal visit to the Governor would
be Of little avail. desire
g reprieve from death fer the condemned
| men, not on the ground OF sEy injustice
ia the sentence bus on behsIf Of very
! large portion Of the community which
/ Cb.siGs but scsnt opportunity to record
! its opinions, but which. while steadily
! opposing the doctrines and methods of
the anarchists, yet believes that this YER
! dict has been rendered without sufficient
evidence, in the interests Of the present
| holde1s C wealth and power. l believe
that an act OF clemenCy on the part Of the
executive would be accepted by this large
! BODY OF people as witness that there is
/ to be no array1ng one against an
other OF the essential portion OF
the community in this matter, bat
that We are 20 ogree IN united and hay
mCnious opposition TO the principles Of in
dividusism and of violence hostile TO cur
national well being. May I add that,
contrary 70 the general Impression, the
| question Of the execution has not been
| brought before the Church Associatlon
! for the Advancement Of the Interest Of
Labor, which has cOpseq entity taken no
action on the matter. Ftaterp&lly yours,
| (Signed) JAMES o. S. HUNTINGTON.
| THE COMMUTATION.
| CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 5-An extrzordi-
nary communication signed by Spies,
| SchWab snd Tlelden, disav0WinS ageres-
siVe force and d6ploriDg the loss Of life at
| the HayInarhet Was given cut Tonight for
/ publication. II is addressed to
| Governor OgleBbT, 61d IS tC
| be forwarded to him With
4 formal petition for ciemency. The
| guarded wording Of the document Is as
notable 90 It's matter, particularly as this
is the first expression Of The kind eny OF
the condemned men have made. Parsons,
II is understood, sCquiesCes in lis con
tents, and VIII address separate letter
OF his own TO the Governor embodyin9
rhe same ideas. Lingg, EGgel and Fischer
steadily refuse TO make any such decla'
ration. The following IS the letter:
CHICAGO, ILL, Nov. 1887.
Governor Richard OglesOy, Springfield, LII.
SIR-Ln order that the truth may be
known by you and the public you repre-,
sent, we desire TO state that We never sd
yocated the use Of force except in case OF
selt defence. TO accuse US Of having
sried to overthrow the law &nd govern
merit st any time, is as false ss il is ab-
| suTd. Whatever we said or did was done
OF said publicly. We have never plotted
to commit
AN UNLAWFUL ACT.
rSngement N writing snd spesch and ex-
posed their lnquities, we have never
broken any laws. So far from having
planned the killing OF anybody ct the
Heymarket or elsewhere, the very object
O1 ZIG nSStiLLss HeaS W pAOIC6S es5sl4hSb GAS
commission of murder. We believe
Il to be our duty as the
friends OF labor aud liberty tC
oppose any other use OF force than il
necessary for the defense Of sacred right:
against unlawful attacks. All our effort:
have been in the direction Of elevatins
mankind aud to remove as much al
possible the cause Of crime. Oar labor
mss unselfSb. No motives OF persona
gain or ambition prompted rs. Thou
sands and thousands will bear testimony
to this. We may have erred ct times il
our Judgment. Yes, We may have ''lovet
mGr kind nos wisely, but too we'll" I
in the excitement CT pr0pageting oGl
views We were led into expression!
which caused Workingnen TO think tina
aggressive force Was the proper instru
ment Of reform, We regret II. We depIor;
the loss OF life at the .Haymarket as 6
McCormick's, Esst St. Louis and TIT
Chicago stock yards. Very respectfully
A. SPIES,
NJ. SCHwAk,
S, FIELDEy